Horizon High School

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Horizon High School

• Productions, Studios Hayes Office

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Filming Production

• Filmmaking is a collaborative effort, bringing
  an assortment of talented people together.
• A film takes about a year to complete, from
  pre-production to final print.

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Filming Production

• Script development phase can take years
• Budget can range from 1 million to 100 million

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Three Stages of Production

• Pre-Production
• Production
• Post Production

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Pre-Production

• Everything that takes place before filming begins
• Script, budget, locations, construction, hiring
  actors, etc.

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Production

• Shooting of the script, the filming process.

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Post Production

• Editing and Marketing of a film
• Includes advertising, printing, and distribution
  of a movie.

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Theatre in America

• Vaudeville
• Burlesque
• Follies

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Vaudeville 1880-1920

• Style of multi-act theatre which flourished in
  America.
• Schedule of performances ("bill") could run the
  gamut from acrobats to mathematicians, from
  song-and-dance duos to trick high divers.

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Burlesque 1840-1930

• Populist blend of satire, performance art and
  adult entertainment, featured strip tease and
  broad comedy acts that derived low comedy.

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Burlesque 1840-1930

• Rules for Burlesque
• Minimal costuming, focusing on the female form.
• Sexually suggestive dialogue, dance, and staging.
  
• Quick-witted humor laced with puns. Short
  routines or sketches.

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Follies 1907-1931

• Ziegfeld Follies, elaborate theatrical
  productions.
• Lavish revues, a higher class of Vaudeville.
• Beautiful chorus girls commonly known as Ziegfeld
  girls
• Girls were usually decked in elaborate costumes

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Hollywood Systems

• Studio System
• Independent System

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Studio System 1920-1950

• A means of film production and distribution
  dominant in Hollywood.
• Term studio system refers to the practice of
  large motion picture studios performing the
  following two things.

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Studio System 1920-1950

• 1. producing movies on their own lots with
  creative personnel under often long-term
  contracts and

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Studio System 1920-1950

• 2. pursuing vertical integration through
  ownership or effective control of distributors
  and movie theaters, guaranteeing additional sales
  of films through manipulative booking techniques.
  

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Independent System

• 1950 to todays movie making business
• Anyone can pitch their film
• Producing your own film with financial backing
  from yourself or others

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Censorship in Hollywood

• Production Code Administration
• Hays Office (Named after Will H. Hays, MPAA Pres.
  1922-1945 of the MPAA)
• Motion Picture Association of America

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Production Code Admin

• The Production Code (known as the Hays
  Code/Office) guidelines governing the production
  of American film.
• Adopted in 1930 by the Motion Picture Association
  of America (MPAA)

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Production Code Admin

• Began enforcement 1934-1967
• Replaced MPAA film rating system.
• Production Code spelled out what was and was not
  considered morally acceptable.

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Basic Filming Shots

• Three basic types
• Close-up, Medium Shot, and Long Shot (pictured)

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Basic Filming Shots

• Long Shot

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Basic Filming Shots

• Close-up

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Basic Filming Shots

• Medium Shot

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Technicolor Filming Process
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Technicolor Filming Process

• Technicolor is the trademark for a series of
  color film processes pioneered by Technicolor
  Motion Picture Corporation.
• Technicolor was the second major color film
  process, after Britain's Kinemacolor.
• Most widely used color motion picture process in
  Hollywood from 1922 to 1952.

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Technicolor Filming Process

• Technicolor became known and celebrated for its
  hyper-realistic, saturated levels of color.
• Used commonly for filming musicals (The Wizard of
  Oz Singin' in the Rain)
• Costume pictures (The Adventures of Robin Hood
  Joan of Arc)
• Animated films
• (Snow White and
• the Seven Dwarfs
• Fantasia).

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Film Study